light up

It looks like the northern lights up there, if the lights were red, orange, and purple rather than green and blue.

The sky above Bradford lights up during the city's UK City of Culture celebrations, as hundreds of drones recreate the David Hockney's most famous paintings.

Researchers studying the brains of soccer fans found that certain areas of the brain light up when people watch matches featuring their favorite team.

Tuesday, phones across Los Angeles County lighted up with an emergency alert test, the latest example of challenges that cities are experiencing with wireless emergency alert systems.

There are practical needs, of course — ramps for restrooms and extra-bright neon tape on the ground to better light up and mark cues and equipment for low-vision performers and crew members.